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TransitMatters has published a new toolkit to help municipalities, nonprofits and other community leaders bring Mobility Hubs into their neighborhoods.
Mobility Hubs are places that connect different modes of transportation and make transfers between them easy and convenient. Whether someone is walking or taking public transit to their final destination, Mobility Hubs offer infrastructure that is accessible and user-friendly, improving the transit experience with elements such as bus shelters and information displays. Mobility Hubs are designed to improve the functionality of a transit system by empowering people with information and connections to move around freely.
The free Mobility Hubs Toolkit was created by TransitMatters’s strong volunteer network. It’s designed to be educational and engaging, using accessible writing, broad coverage, and technical basics and considerations.
Mobility Hubs documents often target planners and technical experts, but TransitMatter chose a “ground-up” approach “because some of the best street interventions are bottom-up, community-informed ones.”
The toolkit describes each element of a Mobility Hub, what it does, the benefits it brings, and anything that needs to be considered, such as costs, jurisdiction and equity considerations. The kit also highlights the benefits of Mobility Hubs through various characters’ experiences with new hubs in their neighborhoods.
The toolkit details how to advocate for Mobility Hubs in any neighborhood. TransitMatters is a Massachusetts-based organization, but it uses worldwide examples in the toolkit.